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RBA minutes lift stock market

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... new chief executive, almost two months after he temporarily stepped in to the role following the sudden departure of Ian Smith. Prima BioMed surged 1.2 cents, or 54.55 per cent, to 3.4 cents after the biotech announced strong results for its ovarian ...

Senior execs complain of stagnant careers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
A staggering 86% of senior accounting and finance executives believe their career prospects have stagnated, according to a research paper by national recruitment company axr. The findings are contained in CFgrOw authored by axr director Brad Eisenhuth. ...

HUB24 and GPS Wealth launch managed accounts platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
HUB24 and independent licensee GPS Wealth have launched a new white label managed accounts platform. The platform, branded CAREportfolio, spans super, pension and investments, and provides a complete managed account and wrap offering for all its member ...

ASIC and RBA issue property bubble warning

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Grag Medcraft says the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets look a lot like bubbles. "I am quite worried about the Sydney and Melbourne property markets. In housing, the long-term average ...

BNP launches EM equity fund in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... The strategy is managed by BNP's global emerging market equities team, led by Boston-based chief investment officer Donald Smith and deputy chief investment officer and senior portfolio manager Rick Wetmore. BNP investments chief executive in Australia ...

Spring FG acquires robo-advice company

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
Independent licensee Spring FG has acquired Digifi Group, a company specialising in 'robo-advice'. Digifi's websites SharecafA(C) and Sharescene have more than 70,000 members and attract more than 7,000 unique visitors each day. The acquisition more ...

Equity Trustees appoints WA estate planning lawyer

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... Australia with the appointment of Brigitte Hollett as estate planning lawyer. It follows the recent appointment of Stephanie Smith as estate planning solicitor which created Equity Trustee's first dedicated estate planning service in Western Australia. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... than over five years as had been the case. "There's some clear winners in the market today, obviously Harvey Norman, Dick Smith and JB Hi-Fi had a good start to the day, that's on that write off for small businesses," Mr Le Brun said. Harvey Norman shares ...

ASIC budget cuts revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Government expenditure for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is expected to fall by $18 million over the next three to four years, according to projections revealed in the budget. Expenditure is projected to be $350 million ...

Opposition welcomes SME package, slams Google tax

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has given his backing to small business tax cuts made in the budget but has branded the so-called crack-down on multi-nationals "a cop out". "We welcome the small business package," he told the ABC's Leigh Sales. "We support ...